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Infosec weakest links: Negligent employees and poor password policies
54% of respondents to a Ponemon Institute study that involved more than 1,000 IT professionals said negligent employees were the root cause of a data breach. Password …
Organizations struggle to maximize the value of threat intelligence
Amidst growing concerns of large-scale cyber attacks, 84 percent of organizations participating in a Ponemon Institute survey indicated threat intelligence is “essential …
IT operators see promise in DevOps and new tech
A new Ponemon Institute survey of nearly 1,250 global public sector IT decision makers and managers revealed that public sector organizations undergoing digital transformation …
Organizations are intimidated by global privacy and data security regulations
While companies generally are aware of and intimidated by global privacy and data security regulations, they fail to properly understand and address necessary organizational …
Average data breach cost declines 10% globally
The average cost of a data breach is $3.62 million globally, a 10 percent decline from 2016 results. This is the first time since the global study was created that there has …
Poor endpoint security can cost you millions in detection, response, and wasted time
A new study reveals organizations are wasting an average of $6 million on the time to detect and contain insecure endpoints, among other staggering findings that show endpoint …
Ready or not, IoT third party risks are here
A new survey conducted by The Ponemon Institute uncovered a high rate of concern among organizations about the security of IoT, yet a gap in understanding of how to mitigate …
Healthcare industry continues to struggle with software security
67% of medical device manufacturers and 56% of healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) believe an attack on a medical device built or in use by their organizations is likely …
After a data breach is disclosed, stock prices fall an average of 5%
Data security breaches can negatively impact an entire organization – including sales, marketing and IT – and have a significant negative impact on company …
SharePoint houses sensitive data, but organizations are not keeping it safe
A new report from The Ponemon Institute is focused on how organizations are keeping sensitive or confidential data safe in collaboration and file sharing environments such as …
Finally, enterprise-wide encryption strategies increase!
New research by the Ponemon Institute captures how organizations around the world are dealing with compliance, increased threats, and the implementation of encryption to …
Generational differences increase security risks
There are two major IT security risks that enterprises need to prepare for – Millennials and the impending General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A global Ponemon …
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